Strategies for Multiple Disabilities

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	Mobile for Students with CVI By Rachel Herrin This mobile is designed for students with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment) to increase visual attention and exploration.
	Sensory Bags By Liz Eagan Sensory bags can be used to increase tactile exploration, hand strength & finger coordination, as well as cognitive concepts with kids who are blind or visually impaired & also multiple disabilities.
	Adapting Classroom Materials for a Student with CVI By Tracy Fitch Strategies for adapting materials for a student with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment)
	Understanding Photos and Using Them to Communicate By Bea Johnson Teaching students with visual impairments and additional disabilities to use photos to communicate
	Counting Down the Days By Liamsmom This activity is designed to help children who are deafblind, blind or visually impaired to count down the days until an event occurs using a tactile chart with braille.
	Memory Caps Game By Liz Eagan Reinforce concepts such as shapes, turn taking, counting and more with this memory caps game for students who are blind or visually impaired.
	Creating a Calendar with Students with Multiple Disabilities By Nancy Hagar Ideas for creating a calendar or holiday greeting cards with students with multiple disabilities and visual impairments
	Integrating Emergent Literacy into Adaptive PE By emily.russell This activity integrates adapted physical education, speech therapy and emergent literacy for students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities.
	Adapting Polar Bear, Polar Bear for Students with CVI & Other Visual Impairments By Charlotte Cushman Strategies to adapt books for children who are blind or visually impaired, deafblind or with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)
	Adapting Itsy-Bitsy Spider Book for Students with CVI By Charlotte Cushman Tips on adapting books for children with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment)
	Christmas Tree Project By Liz Eagan This Christmas tree activity uses tactile items to teach positional concepts to students who are blind or visually impaired
	Christmas Sequence Activity for Students with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities By Charlotte Cushman Experience book to help students with visual impairments and additional disabilities, including deafblindness, to develop early literacy skills.
	Texture Book By cuppsa Creating a texture book for students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities
	Texti-Sticks By Liz Eagan This activity is to help young children develop tactile discrimination skills, matching, and fine motor coordination. Designed for pre-braille or preschool learners who are blind or visually impaired.
	Bells: A Tactile Book for Emerging Braille Readers By Calleen Gaeir This tactile book about bells uses real objects and makes sounds. It's sure to be a favorite for the holidays!
	Integrated Literacy Activity: Share the Love of a Story By mmccall Ideas for sharing stories with young children who are blind or visually impaired using the On the Way to Literacy series
	Interactive Bulletin Board - October By ross181 A Speech Pathologist (SLP) shares an interactive Halloween activity for students who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities
	Story Box for "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" By kimberlyd415 This storybox is a favorite at Halloween, using real objects and concrete tactile representations of items and events in the book.
	Apple Book By JFalcone This tactile book can help beginning readers to explore different textures and shapes
	People as Helpers: Cook By Gwyn McCormack Multi-sensory ideas for cooking in the kitchen with children who are blind or visually impaired.